Photographer Jason Weingart captured the images while running a workshop for budding astrophotographers

The astronomical wonder can be seen from July 23 to August 23 and peaked on August 11, when up to 200 meteors are visible across the northern hemisphere every hour.

Photographer Jason Weingart ventured to the Texas Bend in Big Bend National Park, Texas and the Grand Canyon in Arizona to capture the meteor shower while running an astrophotography workshop.

He said: “It's hard to put into words how memorable this meteor shower was. We were seeing well over 100 meteors per hour.

“The coolest thing was since it is so dark there, if you were looking in another direction and someone called out ‘there's one’, you could turn and still see the trail of the meteor glowing a brilliant turquoise green for several seconds.”

Big Bend National Park in Texas is listed as a certified International Dark Sky Park

“We explored and photographed Terlingua Ghost Town until 1:30am and it had stayed overcast the entire night.

“With my workshop participants getting tired and disappointed, I took them back to the hotel and told them I would continue to monitor the conditions and take them back out if the clouds broke up.

“An hour later the sky began to clear, so I took everyone out into the desert and we were treated to a fantastic show until dawn.”

The International Dark Sky Association rated Big Bend National Park as the fourth best place to stargaze on Earth and the lack of light pollution allows keen astronomists to glimpse even the faintest meteors.